Virtual reality gaming has grown more popular and affordable in recent years, with a whole range of cutting-edge commercial headsets like the Valve Index and the PlayStation VR 2 enabling players to experience an ever-growing library of exciting games. That doesn’t even begin to include all the impressive third-party VR headsets out there, like this shiny experimental “Three-Body” headset that was gifted to me by the fine folks at… well, they didn’t actually tell me who they are. It just showed up on my doorstep in a box with my name on it! Netflix, maybe?
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It’s really sleek and cool, and doesn’t have a charging port or any type of wires to connect to my computer or monitors. At first I thought it was some newfangled bicycle helmet my wife ordered off of Amazon, but turns out she didn’t know what it was either! After putting it on and playing around with it for a few hours, though, I feel confident in saying that this was one of the most intuitive and exhilarating gaming experiences I’ve ever had.
I wasn’t required to sign an NDA, and I do know there are a bunch of other players out there who have gotten their hands on the game. In case you’re also one of the lucky beta testers out there and are wondering how to get the most out of the experience, here’s some handy tips and tricks as you work to solve the mystery of this world!
[Ed. note: This story contains spoilers for3 Body Problem season 1.]
Part of the experience of Three-Body is discovering what the game is actually about. If you’re looking for the TL;DR version, though, here it is: It’s a survival game. Simple, right? There’s tons of survival games out there, from Rust and Minecraft to Sons of the Forest and Subnautica. This one’s different, though.
Instead of punching trees to get wood to craft into tools to kill animals to craft better tools to kill monsters to craft even better tools to scavenge for supplies to craft the best tools in order go farting around doing whatever you so please, the
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